Dr. Niki Osborne is a forensic research scientist and human factors specialist with expertise in decision-making, cognitive bias, and responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption in forensic science. She was the Project Lead for the NIST/NIJ Expert Working Group on Human Factors in Forensic DNA Interpretation and has worked closely with forensic scientists, researchers, and legal professionals across the forensic community. Niki is currently the Science Lead for Human Factors and AI at the New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (PHF Science, formerly ESR). This role focuses on helping laboratories adopt new technologies in ways that are practical, trustworthy, and grounded in the realities of forensic casework, while keeping human expertise central to the process.
